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A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to accommodate decision support and reference case management for diagnostic imaging. An apparatus may include a processor configured to receive a request for an image from a client device. The processor may be further configured to retrieve a source image corresponding to the requested image from a memory. The processor may additionally be configured to process the source image to generate a second image having a greater resolution than the source image. The processor may also be configured to provide the second image to the client device to facilitate viewing and manipulation of the second image at the client device. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Ferritic nitrocarburized surface treatment of cast iron brake rotors providing oxidation resistance, good braking performance and absence of distortion. Machined brake rotors are pre-heated, then immersed into a high temperature molten nitrocarburizing salt bath for a first predetermined dwell time. After removing the brake rotors from the nitrocarburizing salt bath, the brake rotors are directly immersed into an oxidizing salt bath at a lower temperature than the nitrocarburizing salt bath so that the brake rotors are thermally quenched. After a predetermined second dwell time in the oxidizing salt bath, the brake rotors are removed therefrom and further cooled to room temperature, either by water application thermal quenching or slow cooling in air. A fixture provides stable holding the brake rotors with a minimum of contact during placement in the salt baths.

A system and methods for x-ray backscatter reverse engineering of structures. One embodiment includes a plurality of articulated arms attached to a movable base. Another embodiment includes a single counterweighted arm attached to a movable base. The arms include x-ray detectors. At least one x-ray source, which may be mounted on the arm(s), emits x-rays, which are backscattered off the surfaces and objects of interest and captured by the detectors to generate images of hidden objects. The present system provides improved speed and resolution over prior art systems. The system has a field-of-view and effective scanning range versatile enough to work in various orientations and in environments of various sizes. In certain embodiments the system is compact and lightweight so that it can be easily transported and used within confined spaces or in environments where weight is a consideration, such as inside or underneath aircraft. The system is also pointable and adaptable.

A method and apparatus for detecting and measuring the optical distortion in pieces of glass and other reflective sheets are disclosed. The method inspects the full length and width of large area glass sheets or multiple sheets comprising a load of glass and uses optical magnification of a reflected circular image of precise size. A plurality of circular images is projected onto the glass and reflect as ellipsoids representative of local surface contours. The major and minor axes of the reflected axis define the axis of greatest magnification and demagnification. Distortions in the glass surface are measured in lens power as localized magnification at the elliptical axis. The angle and magnitude of the minor and major axis of the reflected ellipsoids provide data to map the surface profile of the glass. The method measures distortion of random or periodic frequency and measures distortion in all axes.

A system and method for predicting and limiting distortion of an amplified signal is described. The system includes a variable total harmonic distortion (“THD”) clipping predictor, a comparator in communication with the variable THD clipping predictor and a distortion limiter in communication with the comparator. As for the method, a reference power supply value, a maximum desired total harmonic distortion value and a preamplified signal value is provided. A THD output threshold value is calculated based on the reference power supply value and the maximum desired THD value and is then compared to the preamplified signal value. Depending on if the preamplified signal value is greater than or less than the THD output threshold value, the amplitude of the preamplified signal may be increased or decreased.

In some embodiments, a method and system for controlling distortion of the output of a miniature speaker by attenuating critical frequency band of the input signal to be reproduced, using tuning parameters that have been predetermined where the critical frequency band is a frequency range of the speaker's frequency response in which Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) peaks. The distortion control is performed in a manner which allows an increase in the average loudness of the speaker's output without significantly increasing distortion. The tuning parameters include a center frequency and a bandwidth of the critical frequency band, and a power threshold value. In some embodiments, the system is a loudness maximizer configured to limit distortion of a speaker's output by limiting distortion in a critical frequency band using predetermined control parameters, and limit the dynamic range of the output signal and increase its perceived overall average loudness level.

A coaxial speaker assembly (10) with reduced sound distortion, sound time delay, and polar response distortion. The coaxial speaker assembly (10) includes a high-frequency speaker system (16) mounted coaxially with and fitting within a lower-frequency speaker system (14). A baffle (50) is secured to a diaphragm (48) of the high-frequency speaker system (16). A step-down ledge (52) is circumferentially positioned adjacent to the baffle (50) and extends outwardly therefrom. A portion of the sound waves emanating from the high-frequency diaphragm (48) are reflected off the step-down ledge (52).

A filter includes a conventional filtering block and a protection block. The conventional filtering block receives input values and provides filtered values. The protection block receives filtered values and a group of input values proximate the current input, to ensure that the output is lies within a range computed for the current input. The range is determined by the protection block based on the group of input values proximate the current input. Any algorithm or statistical function may be applied to the group of input values to determine the range. If a filtered value provided by the conventional filtering block is outside the range, then the protection block computes and outputs a value that is within the range. The filter may be used in temporal or spatial filtering of images and video to mitigate artifacts such as motion artifacts and static artifacts.

A process for modeling a 3D scene is provided which comprises validating the model by determining a maximum permitted distortion (5) on a 2D synthesized image (4), generated by the approximation inherent in the model (2); calculating for a point I of a reference image (7) and on a set of synthesized images (4) representing the 3D point of the scene corresponding to this point I, of the minimum (z_i−Δ_zi¹) and maximum (z_i+Δ_zi²) depth values of the depth z_i of this point I corresponding to this maximum distortion, calculating a span around the depth z_i of this point I, dependant on the minimum value of the error Δ_zi² and on the minimum value of the error Δ_zi¹ among the values calculated for the synthesized images of the set.

A method for reducing the peak-to-average power ratio of the time-domain signal in a communication system using multi-carrier modulation is provided herein. The present invention is based on the method of recursive clipping and filtering to reduce the peak-to-average power ratio and out-of-band spectrum, but during the recursive process, the distortion of the multi-carrier modulated signal is controlled to be bounded within a specific region. In an additive white Gaussian noise channel with high signal-to-noise ratio, the present invention could achieve significantly lower error rate and the error floor phenomenon is almost completely removed. Therefore the power amplifier could be operated at higher average output power and a smaller range of linearity.

Optical systems configured to withstand operation in high acceleration and varying temperature environments, and methods of assembling the same. In one example, an imaging optical apparatus includes a primary minor made of an unreinforced polymer, a secondary mirror made of the unreinforced polymer and optically coupled to the primary minor, a field lens optically coupled to the secondary minor, and a strut having a plurality of cross-struts and mounting features configured to mount the primary minor, the secondary mirror and the field lens. In some examples, the imaging optical apparatus further includes an outer retainer disposed behind the primary minor and coupled to the strut, and an inner retainer disposed behind the field lens and coupled to the strut, the outer and inner retainers configured to structurally support the primary minor and the field lens and to accommodate deflections of the primary minor.

A method of tuning the time duration of laser output pulses, the method including spectrally dispersing optical pulses and further comprising providing an optical pulse having a time duration and a spectral bandwidth; spectrally dispersing (243, 245) the optical pulse so as to provide a selected change in the time duration of the pulse responsive to the spectral band-width of the pulse; outputting (226) an optical output pulse having a first time duration that is responsive to the selected change in time duration; providing another optical pulse; changing the amount of spectral bandwidth of the another optical pulse (272) to be different than that of the optical pulse or changing the amount of spectral dispersion so that spectrally dispersing the another optical pulse provides a change in time duration that is different than the selected change; and outputting (226) another optical output pulse having a second time duration that is responsive to the different change in time duration, the second time duration of the another optical output pulse being different than the first time duration of the optical output pulse.

The invention discloses an athermalization high-resolution prime lens which, from the object side to the image side, sequentially comprises: a pre-group lens with negative focal power, a diaphragm, apost-group lens with positive focal power, and an imaging plane, wherein the pre-group lens sequentially comprises a first battery of lenses, a second lens with negative focal power, and a third lenswith positive focal power; the post-group lens sequentially comprises a fourth lens with positive focal power, a fifth lens with positive focal power, a sixth lens with negative focal power, and a seventh lens with positive focal power. According to the athermalization high-resolution prime lens disclosed by the invention, a small high-image-quality athermalization prime lens is designed by reasonably combining spherical surface and non-spherical surface, and has the advantages of simple structure and low cost, and overcomes the defect of low image quality of existing simple-structure lens, and perfectly controls distortion and chromatic aberration in the whole field of view.

The invention relates to a process of bonding by molecular adhesion of two layers, such as wafers of semiconductor material, wherein propagation of a first bonding wave is initiated from a pressure point applied to at least one of the two layers, and wherein the first bonding wave step is followed by propagating a second bonding wave over an area, for example, in the vicinity of the pressure point. Propagation of the second bonding wave may be obtained through the interposing of a separation element between the two wafers and the withdrawal of the element, for example, after the beginning of the first bonding wave propagation.

Method of determining configuration of interferential filtering elements for an optical device having an optical substrate for a user, includes:

• • providing a first set of parameters representative of at least one main line of sight of the user;
  • determining a first selected range of angles of incidence based on the first parameters;
  • providing a second set of parameters characterizing, for the user, a range of wavelengths to be at least partially inhibited;
  • determining a first selected range of wavelengths of incident light to be at least partially inhibited, based on the second parameters; and
  • configuring a first selective interferential filtering element and a first zone of a surface of the optical substrate based on the first selected range of angles of incidence and wavelengths such that the first selective interferential filtering elements inhibit, at a first rate of rejection, transmission of the first selected range of wavelengths of incident light.

A monolithic optical element for an eyepiece in a head mounted display system has a body, in which a first surface of the body receives light from a display device, the light passes through a second surface of the body to an eye of a user, and a reflective folding surface is located optically between the first surface and the second surface. The reflective folding surface folds an optical path between the first surface and the second surface. Finally, a diffractive optical element is provided on at least one of the first surface or the second surface. The use of the diffractive optical surface enables the eyepiece element to be constructed of a single optical substrate material, yet function over a broad color spectrum with superior resolution and minimal distortion over a large field of view.

A programmable dopant fiber includes a plurality of quantum structures formed on a fiber-shaped substrate, wherein the substrate includes one or more energy-carrying control paths, which pass energy to quantum structures. Quantum structures may include quantum dot particles on the surface of the fiber or electrodes on top of barrier layers and a transport layer, which form quantum dot devices. The energy passing through the control paths drives charge carriers into the quantum dots, leading to the formation of “artificial atoms” with real-time, tunable properties. These artificial atoms then serve as programmable dopants, which alter the behavior of surrounding materials. The fiber can be used as a programmable dopant inside bulk materials, as a building block for new materials with unique properties, or as a substitute for quantum dots or quantum wires in certain applications.

A signal processor includes: a first adaptive filter that takes a first signal as input and generates a first pseudo signal; a first subtractor that subtracts the first pseudo signal from a second signal to supply a first differential signal as output; a second adaptive filter that takes the first signal as input to generate a second pseudo signal; a second subtractor that subtracts the second pseudo signal from the second signal to supply a second differential signal as output; a first step size control circuit that generates a first step size used in updating the first adaptive filter in accordance with the relation between the second pseudo signal and the second differential signal; and a second step size control circuit that generates a second step size used in updating the second adaptive filter in accordance with the relation between the first signal and the second signal.

The method divides original vector data into blocks of vector data. Next, loss compression based on DCT transform is carried out for the blocks of vector data according to one of two modes. Then, entropy coding is carried out for the obtained DCT transform so as to obtain compressed blocks of vector data. Finally, all compressed blocks of vector data are organized as binary bit steam in specific format. Main effects of the invention are: compression ratio near to 20 is reached for vector data formed natural in wide range such as contour line, road network and water system etc; SNR reaches to 60dB; and maximal absolute deformation is about 10-5 order of magnitude of dynamic range of original vector data. Features are: controllable distortion generated in reconstructing error and compression process; providing technical base for asymptotic transmission of vector data flexibly and in high efficiency by combining asymptotic compression technique in space domain and in frequency domain.